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5. Fortification
a. If a defending force has a fortification,
then this adds to their overall
effectiveness in battle.
b. If a defending force has only a town
wall, then add 5 for “Fortification”.
c. If a defending force has only a town
wall and siege engines, then add 10
for “Fortification”.
d. If a defending force has a castle, then
add 15 for “Fortification”.
e. If a defending force has a castle on
a mountaintop with a moat and siege
engines, then add 20 for “Fortification”.
6. Miscellaneous Variables
a. The Aedile may determine other
miscellaneous variables are relevant
to the battle, such as soldier sickness,
technological or training superiority,
the extent of the use of magic, etc.
Calculation for All Variables
(Size and Power of Forces) + (Home Advantage) +
(Leader Age) + (Leader Competence) + (Fortification)
+ (Miscellaneous Variables) = Bonus Per Force
Finally, the leader of each force must roll
1d100 and add the Bonus Per Force calculated above.
The force with the highest number wins. The winner
of the force may slaughter and give their foes
no quarter at their own discretion. Otherwise, the
winner may roll 1d100 to determine what percent
of the enemy’s forces are subdued and may be taken
prisoner. When the trolls and bugbears attacked
the human hamlet, the remainder of the enemy’s
forces were slaughtered in battle.
To determine the casualties of the winner,
simply subtract the number of survivors or prisoners
of the loser’s force at the time victory is determined
above from the winner’s initial total number
of forces. Roll (1d100)% and apply it to this amount
to determine what percent of this number is the
casualties for the winner.
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For example, above we determined that a
human force had a “Size and Power of Forces” of
0, while a non-human force had 64. The human
force gains a “Home Advantage”, while the attacking
non-human force does not. The human farmers,
we’ll say, end up being led by a middle-aged
leader, so they gain 10, while the non-human force
is led by a young adult, which results in no modifier.
Next, we’ll say that these particular farmers have
never participated in combat before, and so the
leader has not demonstrated “Leader Competence”,
earning no bonus. Meanwhile, the leader of the
non-human force has successfully destroyed 5 other
hamlets, equating to gaining 15. Finally, the hamlet
has nothing to qualify it for a “Fortification” bonus.
In sum:
Human Force = (0 + 10 + 0 + 0) = + 10.
Non-human Force = (64 + 0 + 15 + 0) = + 79.
The leader of the human force rolls 1d100,
gets a 55, adds the +10 bonus, and has an end result
of 65. The leader of the non-human force rolls
1d100, gets an 09, adds +79 bonus, and has an end
result of 88. The non-human force successfully
slaughters the human force, giving them no quarter.
BELLUM.INTERNECINUM
a war of extermination
Chapter 18: Warfare